Employees Wasting Company Time

                                                                  

 By John M. BetanCourt

Business owner beware of time wasters?  There’s probably a good chance that you have employees in your staff who do not no how to manage their time. What do you do with these employees? Here are a few suggestions to follow.

First, it is important to take immediate action. The last thing you want is let an employee who has bad time management fly under the radar. Many businesses contained to lose revenue due to lack of action severely affecting productivity the outcome if not taking care eventually comes down to serious consequences for not calling out poor performing workers.

One of the many consequences by allowing one of your employees to keep on wasting their time as well as yours is that others are likely to follow suit.  Even some of your best performing employees are likely to waste time socially or by surfing the internet when they see that others are able to do the same and get away with it. 

Your business will slowly but surely began to the breakdown and profits will begin to shrink putting other employees at risk.  When an employee spends too much time surfing the internet or wasting time in general, it will likely take much longer for you to get projects completed.  This can have an impact on your business profits.  For example, you may later end up paying your employee overtime to complete a task that they should have finished during normal work hours.

If  the business deals directly with the general public, an employee who does not know how to mange their time can also have a negative impact on your company’s public perception.  Deadlines should not be missed, but proper time management is vital when working with clients.  Did you agree to have forms drawn up on time for a client of yours?  If you did, they should be ready when expected.  If not, your client may look elsewhere. Also, places that have employees just hanging around the office and socializing look unprofessional in nature.

Understanding and knowing the consequences of letting an employee with poor time management slide, you might ask what should I do about it?

It is important to bring a lack of time management to the attention of your employee or employees of the end emphasizing the importance of time management in your next meeting.  Let them know that wasting time on the clock is not acceptable, especially when there are other tasks or projects that they could be working on.  Clearly state that socializing is for break times only.

Next, be sure not to let the same behavior continue.  Workers who have been warned about wasting their time and the time of the company should not have any excuse for doing so.  Give one more final warning before taking evasive action.  This action may include terminating your employee’s position with the company. 

Despite the fact that termination is an option, you may have an excellent employee with poor management skills. If that is the case, you may want to hire a service that specializes in time management training. Teaching time management technique and skills to your staff of employees is well worth the investment and will pay off in the long run.

Should you decide to host your own time management training seminar, as opposed to using outside help, be sure to share tips with your employees, outline the importance of making good use of their time at the workplace, as well as the consequences of not doing so.  This leaves no room for exceptions and you should see a significant improvement in productivity in your workplace.

As a recap, if you are a business owner or an office manager, it is important to make sure that all of your employees are working to the best of their ability. Your company and your own personal reputation and job security may end up taking the fall for those who do not perform to the best of their ability.

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